[HADOOP-8664] hadoop streaming job need the full path to commands even when they are in the path

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1-win
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Bikas Saha
• Reporter: Bikas Saha
• Created: 08/Aug/12 22:59
• Updated: 05/Sep/12 23:09
• Resolved: 05/Sep/12 23:09

Description

run a hadoop streaming job as
bin/hadoop jar path_to_streaming_jar -input path_on_hdfs -mapper cat -output path_on_hdfs -reducer cat
will fail saying program cat not found. cat is in the path and works from cmd prompt.
If i give the full path to cmd.exe the exception is not seen

Issue Links

• is part of: HADOOP-8645 Stabilize branch-1-win